art for art's sake

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English - Turkish
sanat aşkına sanat
English - English
An expression of the belief that art has or should have no economic, social, political or religious functions, that beauty is its only purpose
artistic movement justifying artistic creation that serves no social or political purpose
art for art's sake

    Turkish pronunciation

    ärt fôr ärts seyk

    Pronunciation

    /ˈärt ˈfôr ˈärts ˈsāk/ /ˈɑːrt ˈfɔːr ˈɑːrts ˈseɪk/

    Etymology

    () French l'art pour l'art, a phrase creditted to Théophile Gautier. Some argue Gautier was not the first to write those words. They appear in the works of Victor Cousin, Benjamin Constant, and Edgar Allan Poe.
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